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latter having at its opposite ends clutches or' UNirnD STATESv PATENT @Frisia wiLLiS JOHNSON, `or CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONnHaLF TO JACOB SHAW, OF SAME PLAOH EGG-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,821, dated February 5, 1884.

Application filed July 20, issu. (No model.)

To all whom L Huey concern,.-

Be it known that I, VILLIS JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Beaters, of which the following is aspecication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.'`

'Ihe object of my invention isto provide a machine wherewith eggs, batter, and other similar ingredients used by bakers, confectioners, Src.; can be beaten or mixed in the most intimate and expeditious manner. The machine consists, essentially, of a main frame within which is journaled a driving-wheel and a pinion or pulley, the horizontal shaft of the sockets, with which are engaged square or other noircircular arbors at the inner extremities of a pair of beater-shafts. These shafts, which are armed with suitable blades, beaters, or

stirrers, are journaled inV cylinders that occupy detachable trays or racks applied to the opposite sides of the main frame, hooks and staples or other convenient devices being employed for retaining said racks in their proper places. As aresult of this construction, either one or both of the cylinders can be readily applied to the racks, andthe latter becoupled to the machine, so as to insure a very rapid revolution of the beatershafts, as soon as power is applied to the driving-wheel, as hereinafter more fully described. v l

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a plan of the more simple form of my machine. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a more complex 'form of the same, taken in the plane of the pulleyshaft, one of the detachable racks and its accessories being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of one ofthe cylinders detached from its rack. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of said rack. Fig. 5 is a plan of a .-portion of the other detachable rack.

The main frame A is supported on legs or feet a, and hasjournaled in it two shafts, b' c, which carry, respectively, the driving-wheel B and pinion or pulley C, power being trans mitted from said wheel B to pulley C by means of band D.` Shaft b may be operated either with a crank,Z/, or otherwise. The other shaft, c, terminates with clutches or sockets E E',

wherewith are engaged the arbors f f of beatershafts F F, said shafts being armed with any suitable form of'blades, dashers, paddles, orl otherstirrers,G. (Seen inFigs.2 and 3.) rFhese shafts are housed, respectively, in cylinders HH and I I', which receptacles being precisely alike, a description of one will` answer for both. v

By referring to the sectioned portion of Fig. 2 it will be seen that the cylindrical shells H H, which are preferably made of sheet metal, are secured to semi-cylindrical heads J J and K K,while reference to Fig. 3 shows that the upper shell7 H, has a flange, h, that its snugly within the lower shell, H, and thereby prevents accidental escape of the contents of said receptacle. The heads K K' are supported on bearers k 7o. ift" are similar bearers for the other cylinder, I I. The bearers k lc" rest on the bottom board, L, while their ends abut against the side beams, N N', of a detachable tray or rack, said beams being tenoned at n u to enter inortises or sockets-a i n the main frame, as more clearly seenv in Fig. 2. The inner endof this detachable rack is open; but its outer end is closedwith a board,0, pierced at o, to serve as one of the journal-bearings for the beater-shaft F.

I P are the side beams, R the bottom, and S the end, piece of the detachable rackthat supports the other receptacle or cylinder, I I', which beams, as seen in Fig. 5, are perforated at p p', to admit pins that secure this rack to the main frame A, or this result may be accomplished with any other convenient retaining devices-such, for example, as hooks and staples, (seen at T in Fig.' l.)

U U are legs or feet of the detachable racks. i

V V are the cylinder-hoppers.

If it is desired to beat up but a limited quan# tity of. eggs, batter, or other ingredients, the lower member, H K KJc k', of one of the cylinders is tted in the rack N N 0, and the lat- Vter is then applied to the main frame'A and properly secured thereto. A Shaft F is then inserted in the bearing o and engaged with the socket or clutch E, after which act the upper half, H .I J, is appliedto the lower half of the cylinder, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. The cylinder is now charged with the ingredients through the hopper V, and shaft b being set in mot-ien a very rapid rotation of pulley C is effected. l Owing to the clutclrcoupling E, this rapid rotation of pulley C is transmitted to the shaft F and its attachments G, the result being to cause a thorough beating or mixing` of the eggs or other ingredients contained within the cy1- inder H H. As soon as the operation is finished, the rack N N is disengaged from the frame A, the cylinderis lifted ont of said rack, and then emptied of its contents. Vhen itis desired to beat up a large quantity of stuff, the other tray, I P R S, and cylinder I I', with its shaft F, are applied to the opposite side of the frame A, as seen in Fig. 2, so as to double the capacity of the machine.

Vith this double-acting machine one kind of batter can be mixed in the cylinder H H while another kind of stuff is being beaten up in the other receptacle, I I. It is also apparent that with this double-acting machine one of the cylinders Inaybekept in operation while the other receptacle is either being cleaned or charged. Finally, it is apparent that the wheel B, pulley C, and band D may be omitted and the desired speed of shaft c be obtained by asystem of gear-wheels jonrnaled in the frame A.

I claim as iny invention-` 1.v The combination, in an egg-beater, of frame A, shafts I) c, power-transmitters B (l D, clutch E,.and detachable rack N N L, which latter carries the cylinder H H J J K K', hav- 'ingjonrnaled within it the beater-shaft F G,

as set forth.

2. The combination, in an egg-beater, 0f frame A, shafts b c, power-transmitters B C D, clutches E E', detachable racks N N L I P Il, and cylinders H H J J K K I I', said cylinders having journaled in them, respectively, the beater-shafts FF, for the pu rpose specified.

3. Amixing-machineeonsistingof the shells H H l1., attached to the sclnicircular heads J J K K', and having journaled in it the beater shaft F G, as herein described.

4. The combination of detachable tray N a N 'n' L O 0 and cylinder H H J J K K k k', the latter havin gj onrnaled within it the beatershaft F G, for the purpose stated.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIS JOHNSON.

Titnessesz .Lunas H. LAYMAN, S. S. CARPENTER. 

